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Hard red winter wheat harvest in Kansas typically begins in early to mid-June and is complete by mid-July, but that hasn't happened this year as the harvest is behind average.

A joint press conference hosted by the National Corn Growers Association and the U.S. Grains Council on July 12 discussed Brazil surpassing the U.S. on corn exports this marketing year given its large crop.

The Mississippi River is feeling the effects of heat and drought in key areas. Also suffering is a key river in Germany and the Panama Canal Lake.

U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Roger Marshall, R-Kan., reintroduced the Reliable Rail Service Act to help address the unreliable service and high costs of rail shipping for American businesses.

Hot and dry weather in parts of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota stressed the spring wheat crop, causing it to head out early.

Less than five weeks ago, the Upper Mississippi River was in flood stage and Lower Mississippi levels were stable, but that's no longer the case.

It's been 13 months that contract negotiations have been going on between the Pacific Maritime Association and the ILWU dockworkers.

Hard red, soft white and soft red winter wheat just started a new crop year on June 1, 2023.

It's been over a year since the International Longshore and Warehouse Union dockworkers have had a contract and tensions are rising.

Late snow in April in North Dakota and northwest Minnesota left many farmers concerned about late planting of spring wheat and corn.

The contentious two-person crew issue, part of the Bipartisan Rail Safety Act, has yet to receive government approval to make it universal.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will soon begin phase 2 of extended lock closures on the Illinois River for much-needed repairs.

Spring wheat planting in the Upper Midwest was stalled by April snowstorms on top of heavy snows all winter.

Many of the towns on the Mississippi River from St. Paul, Minnesota, and downriver have started to crest, but the river levels remain high.

The Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries are flooding thanks to near-record snowfall during the winter and spring rains.

A contract negotiation between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Association is at a standstill.

On top of a long winter of snowstorms, a big one hit the Dakotas and northwest Minnesota just as farmers would have been preparing to plant wheat.

It's been one month since the Rail Safety Act of 2023 was introduced and it is still waiting for a vote in the Senate.

The 2023 Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System navigation season began in full with the opening of the Soo Locks on March 25.

Federal Maritime Commissioner Max Vekich spoke recently at the annual Transportation Go! conference on the importance of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act enacted last summer.